Title :
MIMO systems with one directional antenna
Author :
Marom, Erez ; Landesman, Lior ; Levine, Ely
Author_Institution :
Beam Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
Abstract :
The use of one directional antenna in MIMO systems utilizes the fact that faded propagation is not random in azimuth, but has local maxima. Thus it can improve the link performances (Throughput, Bit Error Rate and Signal to Noise), provided that the directional antenna can be rotated towards the optimal direction. Indoor tests with two antennas (one monopole and one microstrip) show typical capacity improvement of 50% to 80% in comparison to two omni directional antennas.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; directive antennas; error statistics; MIMO systems; bit error rate; faded propagation; one directional antenna; signal to noise; throughput; Antenna measurements; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; MIMO; Microstrip antennas; Scattering; Diversity; MIMO systems; Non Line of Sight Links;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of
Conference_Location :
Eliat
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8681-6
DOI :
10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662198
